Keeping Watch for Clean Water
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Ecological Rights Foundation recently reached a settlement agreement with Hot Line Construction in a lawsuit concerning a contaminated utility pole storage facility site in Goleta.Between 2014 and 2019, Hot Line Construction stored wooden utility poles treated with the toxic chemical pentachlorophenol at a site near the Santa Barbara Airport without… Read more
On June 5th, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a court-ordered prohibition on offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.The Supreme Court’s decision leaves in place last year’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the federal government violated the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act,… Read more
Curious about Channelkeeper’s clean water work and legacy of environmental accomplishments? Check out this 805 Focus interview hosted by Dr. Cynder Sinclair. During the 20-minute segment, Executive Director Ted Morton highlights the organization’s community education and water quality monitoring programs, as well as its political advocacy and energetic corps of volunteers.Click here to view.
Santa Barbara County Flood Control District maintains a network of debris basins that help reduce the risk of flooding during rain events. These debris basins fill with mud, silt, and rock and require ongoing clearing to function properly. Historically, the County disposed of excess material cleared from the basins in upland locations. However, following the 2018… Read more
Areas of the Santa Barbara Channel are the focus of future aquaculture development, including harmful finfish aquaculture projects. Channelkeeper recently joined the Center for Food Safety, fishermen organizations, other nonprofits, and the Quinault Indian Nation in suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over its issuance of Nationwide Permit 56, which authorizes the development of offshore… Read more